Marines Without Leader for First Time in 150 Years Because Biden Making Americans Fund Abortions
The Biden administration stubbornly refuses to cancel a new policy that forces taxpayers to fund abortion travel for the U.S. Military, even though the unpopular measure has led to a block on Pentagon promotions.
As a result, the U.S Marine Corps does not have a confirmed leader for the first time in more than 150 years, according to CNN. About 250 other military promotions also have been held up in the U.S. Senate.
The Biden administration blames U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville, a pro-life Republican from Alabama, for the obstruction. Months ago, when U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin introduced the policy, Tuberville warned that he would block Pentagon nominees if the administration tried to enforce the “illegal” policy. The Biden administration did so anyway in February, and the Alabama Republican has been blocking nominees since then.
Unpopular and likely illegal, the policy requires taxpayers to fund travel costs and paid time off for military service members and their families to abort their unborn babies in elective abortions. As a result, Republican leaders estimate 4,100 more unborn babies could be killed in abortions every year.
On Monday, Tuberville said the White House has ignored his requests to talk about the matter, and he is not backing down.
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“I’m not going to change my approach,” he told CNN. “I’ve told them all along where we stood. … I’m not changing my mind. I’ve had zero conversations with the White House, 10 minutes with [the Secretary of Defense]. And hopefully we get more conversations in the future, but I’m not changing my mind.”
The senator said Gen. Eric Smith, the branch’s No. 2 official who is President Joe Biden’s pick to formally take over [U.S. Marine Corps] command, has already taken on the top position in an acting capacity.
“He’s assumed the duties already. It’s not like it’s void of a position, it’s just the name,” Tuberville said. …
Tuberville stressed that the Senate could still hold a vote to approve individual nominations, a process he said would be “very easy to do.”
His actions do not completely block Pentagon nominees. Tuberville’s objections just prevent the U.S. Senate from voting to confirm long lists of promotions at once, as it typically does; instead, lawmakers must vote on each nominee one at a time, which takes longer.
Tuberville and other Republican leaders said Biden’s pro-abortion policy violates Title 10 Section 1093 of the U.S. Code, which states that “funds available to the Department of Defense may not be used to perform abortions except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term or in a case in which the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest.”
“This is about a tyrannical executive branch walking all over the United States Senate and doing our jobs,” Tuberville told WBHM in May. “This was Secretary Austin’s choice. [He] thought abortion is more important than his highest-level military nominations.”
Leading pro-life organizations have praised the senator for his steadfast commitment to life, despite being the target of massive criticism from the Biden administration, Democrat leaders and many news outlets.
“The Heritage Foundation stands united in our support of your strong stance in opposition to new Department of Defense policies relating to abortion. The new DoD policies are illegal, immoral, and further erode American’s trust in the capability of the U.S. Armed Forces to fulfill its mission,” Heritage Foundation vice presidents James J. Carafano, John Malcolm and Roger Severino told Tuberville in a May letter.
Recently, U.S. House Republicans introduced legislation to reverse the order and strengthen the law that bans taxpayer funding for abortions in the military.
Polls consistently show strong public opposition to taxpayer-funded abortions. A new Marist poll found 60 percent of Americans oppose using tax dollars to fund abortions in the U.S. Additionally, 78 percent oppose using tax dollars to fund abortions in other countries.
Bans on taxpayer funding for elective abortions used to have strong bipartisan support in Congress. Only recently did Democrat leaders abandon the American people on the issue and begin supporting taxpayer funding for elective abortions – a goal of the abortion industry, which spends huge amounts of money on elections.
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